IngentaConnect Personality and coping: A context for examining celebrity worship...

Authors: John Maltby¹; Liza Day²; Lynn E. McCutcheon³; Raphael Gillett¹; James Houran⁴; Diane D. Ashe⁵

Source: British Journal of Psychology, Volume 95, Number 4, November 2004 , pp. 411-428(18)

Publisher: British Psychological Society

Abstract:

The adaptational-continuum model of personality and coping suggests a useful context for research areas that emphasize both personality and coping. The present paper used Ferguson's (2001) model integrating personality and coping factors to further conceptualize findings around celebrity worship. Three hundred and seventy-two respondents completed measures of celebrity worship, personality, coping style, general health, stress, positive and negative affect and life satisfaction. Celebrity worship for intense-personal reasons is associated with poorer mental heath and this relationship can be understood within the dimensions of neuroticism and a coping style that suggests disengagement. Such findings suggest the utility of examining the relationship between celebrity worship and mental health within both personality and coping variables, which have practical implications for understanding and addressing mental health problems that may occur as the result of engaging in celebrity worship for intense-personal reasons.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1348/0007126042369794

Affiliations: 1: University of Leicester, UK 2: Sheffield Hallam University, UK 3: DeVry University, Orlando, USA 4: TrueBeginnings LLC, Westlake, USA; Integrated Knowledge Systems, Grapevine, USA 5: Private practice, Orlando, USA

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Personality and coping: A context for examining celebrity worship and mental health